Premieres for Nutshell: Allotment by Jules Horne ( Fringe First Winner
2011, CSPA award winner 2011), The Devil on Wheels by Jules Horne, (Scotland
tour commissioned by the Scottish Forestry Commission), Stars by Anja Hilling,
Crestfall by Mark O’Rowe (UK premiere
- “ The production is a masterpiece” Scotsman *****), Meat by Sarah
Colvin & Play O’ The Wather by
Eddie Stiven. Other work includes: Through the Night & In The Shade written
& performed by David Leddy at
the Arches & Tron Theatres Glasgow and A Small Family Business at Pitlochry
Festival Theatre.

Kate has co-ordinated and directed on
numerous script development, new writing and education projects for the
Traverse, Edinburgh; Citizens’
Theatre Glasgow and The Playwrights’ Studio Scotland. She is also on the
judging panel for the Robert McLellan Award for plays in Scots.

Kate is currently
developing the next part of the triliogy of plays she is making with Jules
Horne which will premiere at the
2012 Edinburgh Fringe at Assembly.

CATHERINE PASKELL

Catherine is a freelance theatre director
from Cardiff. Between 2009 - 2011, she was a founding member and creative
associate of National Theatre Wales, where she directed the 5th production
in the company's inaugural year, The Beach. She also directed The
Assembly, a participatory programme for artists and communities to debate and
respond to local issues and ran the New Critics scheme to train arts
journalists in Wales. Recently, Catherine returned to National Theatre
Wales as Community Promoter for the national tour of The Village
Social where she also directed 16 community choruses. Catherine has
directed new work for theatres and companies including Radio Wales, Unity
Theatre Liverpool, Oldham Coliseum, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Trafalgar
Studios, Contact Manchester, People Show, Dende Collective, Theatre 503, The
Finborough, Tara Arts, Haddo House Opera, Baron's Court Theatre and the Octagon
Theatre Bolton, where she was also Resident Assistant Director. Catherine is
currently a WalesLab supported artist. She trained on the MFA Theatre
Directing at Birkbeck and has a degree in American Studies from Nottingham
University.

She is also co-producer of Cardiff-based
new writing company Dirty Protest Theatre, and directs their regular shorts
nights. She has also became a mother last summer and is very glad to be
involved in this exciting project with Agent 160.